What's going to be the strength of Dark Knights now?

[Araxes]

DRK will probably keep its spot over PLD in DPS and be the tank of choice for higher levels of play.

You probably havent counted in the 500+ potency Holy Spirit Spams with the new magical attack buff on Paladins

[Didje]

DRK is going to take the place of Warriors as OT, which will bring nothing to the group anymore.

[SpookyGhost]

DRK is going to take the place of Warriors as OT, which will bring nothing to the group anymore.

What does DRK bring?

[Bhearil]

Didnt warriors had still the slashing debuff?

[SpookyGhost]

Didnt warriors had still the slashing debuff?

Yea, though SAM and NIN both bring it as well (isn't a DPS loss for either).

DRK brings Blackest Night, which is good but comes at the cost of WAR's better CD kit. It's entirely possible PLD/DRK will be the meta, but it's a very small difference between WAR and DRK - PLD, however, is a must-have imo.

[Jandor]

Didnt warriors had still the slashing debuff?

So do NIN and SAM though.

[Didje]

Yea, though SAM and NIN both bring it as well (isn't a DPS loss for either).

DRK brings Blackest Night, which is good but comes at the cost of WAR's better CD kit. It's entirely possible PLD/DRK will be the meta, but it's a very small difference between WAR and DRK - PLD, however, is a must-have imo.

I understand seeing the videos that blackest night brings 50 gauge points, so it is a free bloodspiller after execution (a little bit stronger than feel cleave under dark arts). So you can guess that it will be spammed each time it is possible, even in OT position. It will be very helpfull for the tank damage mitigation.

[DWolfwood]

Not much will change with the meta. DRK/WAR will still be the party comp for most world clears, calling it now.

DRK just got their own version of Inner Beast, albeit even better. DRK/WAR combined have not lost much together. PLD will be nice for groups not knowing what to expect, and for the majority of raiders who actually need the help surviving.

They've basically given everyone more to work with.

[Falar]

So do NIN and SAM though.

I thought NIN only have it in PvP now?

When I saw the tooltip for the new "shadowfang" that is a three piece combo and has the DoT (like DE merged with it) I saw the slashing resistance as PvP only.

EDIT:

YEah, PvP only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gf_b-k2aU

[SpookyGhost]

YEah, PvP only

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gf_b-k2aU

PVP now has it's own set of individual actions separate from PVE actions, so this shouldn't be the case. Probably just a tooltip error.